title: A support group for mentally ill people.
abstract: The Sizanani Club is an outpatient psychiatry support group in rural South Africa whose activities appear to have reduced the number and duration of hospitalizations of mentally ill patients. Against a background trend towards decentralization and home-based health care the findings suggest the desirability of expanding the role of such groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Science, Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA.
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Lustig
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Malomane
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tollman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012657:Self-Help Groups; D013019:South Africa